CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES November 22 - 29, 2018
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: DNSpionage targets Middle Eastern governments

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

Title: New malware, DNS redirect campaign goes after Middle East
Description: Cisco Talos discovered two new campaigns targeting the Middle East originating from the same actor. A malware, known as DNSpionage, is spreading via malicious Microsoft Office documents. So far, government agencies in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates have been hit, along with a Lebanese airline company.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/11/dnspionage-campaign-targets-middle-east.html
Snort SIDs: 48444, 48445

Title: New Olympic Destroyer variant spotted in wild
Description: A new variant of the Olympic Destroyer malware has been active over the past month with new IOCs and samples that indicate the actor behind the campaign is evolving. The malware now contains a dropper that features anti-analysis measures and delayed execution.
Reference: https://research.checkpoint.com/new-strain-of-olympic-destroyer-droppers/
Snort SIDs: 48435, 48436

Title: Zebrocy malware deployed to targets in Central Asia
Description: The Sednit APT is rolling out two new components of the Zebrocy malware, targeting countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Zebrocy is a set of downloaders, droppers and backdoors. The newer components exfiltrate gathered information by using protocols related to mail services, such as POP3 and SMTP.
Reference: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/11/20/sednit-whats-going-zebrocy/
Snort SIDs: 48431, 48432

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

The Australian prime minister is pushing for parliament to pass a controversial encryption bill before the end of the calendar year.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-pm-insists-on-encryption-busting-bill-being-passed-in-next-sitting-fortnight/

A popular CPAP machine was actually monitoring users’ sleep habits and transmitting the data to insurance companies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/you-snooze-you-lose-insurers-make-the-old-adage-literally-true

Brazil’s Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo exposed about 180 million records of individuals in an unprotected Elasticsearch database.
https://blog.hackenproof.com/industry-news/brazilian-personal-data-exposure/

Dropbox discovered a vulnerability in MacOS that affected all Mac users, a bug that was patched within a month of the disclosure.
https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2018/11/offensive-testing-to-make-dropbox-and-the-world-a-safer-place/

The U.S. Postal Service’s Informed Visibility API contained a flaw that allowed visitors to their website to view the account details for more than 60 million other users.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/11/usps-site-exposed-data-on-60-million-users/

RECENT VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
COMPILED BY THE QUALYS VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM

This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available. System administrators can use this list to help in prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit frameworks, exploit databases, exploit kits and monitoring of internet activity.

ID: CVE-2018-10933
Title: libssh Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: libssh
Description: A vulnerability was found in libssh’s server-side state machine before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.4. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

ID: CVE-2018-11776
Title: Apache Struts 2 Namespace Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (S2-057)
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Description: Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when using results with no namespace and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace. Same possibility when using url tag which doesn’t have value and action set and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-2628
Title: Oracle Weblogic Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2018-8174
Title: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The VBScript engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to how it handles objects in memory. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-7600
Title: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2018-002)
Vendor: Drupal
Description: Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-0886
Title: Microsoft Credential Security Support Provider Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how CredSSP validates request during the authentication process, aka “CredSSP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-4878
Title: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA18-01)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild and is being used in targeted attacks.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2017-12636
Title: Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Description: CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES November 22 - 29, 2018
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 90cfabf6f24fd6298a1f11e7de6a101406b952642f303cce54ae58f35ff546aa
MD5: 0d83a645018d9c2cd6ad9d00ff721636
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/90cfabf6f24fd6298a1f11e7de6a101406b952642f303cce54ae58f35ff546aa/details
Typical Filename: QuickMapsAndDirections-7160824.exe
Claimed Product: IEInstaller
Detection Name: PUA.Win.Trojan.Springtech::100.sbx.vioc

SHA 256: 187d3fdce705e9e898be4a85b2193d0631bde275bf86c9a0dd510945a9131849
MD5: b21422c2cbf71010e386770b74060aec
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/187d3fdce705e9e898be4a85b2193d0631bde275bf86c9a0dd510945a9131849/details
Typical Filename: pvz_2231500572.exe”; filename*=UTF-8’’pvz_2231500572.exe
Claimed Product: Fekaputu
Detection Name: W32.187D3FDCE7-95.SBX.VIOC

SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos

SHA 256: 15ffbb8d382cd2ff7b0bd4c87a7c0bffd1541c2fe86865af445123bc0b770d13
MD5: c24315b0585b852110977dacafe6c8c1
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/15ffbb8d382cd2ff7b0bd4c87a7c0bffd1541c2fe86865af445123bc0b770d13/details
Typical Filename: spoolsv.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.DoublePulsar:Malwaregen.21ip.1201

SHA 256: 935eddc164a994a88c372909593908c2bac327af0f29826f9d8d46da860f54a5
MD5: 178e27373fc6c417f2b56e67617c2ba9
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/935eddc164a994a88c372909593908c2bac327af0f29826f9d8d46da860f54a5/details
Typical Filename: cpnprt2.DLL
Claimed Product: Coupon Format Type 1
Detection Name: PUA.Win.Adware.Coupons::1201